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Mar. 22 - A group of pensioners appears in court in Germany accused of taking hostage a financial advisor they say gave them bad advice. Reuters

Mar 17 - Scientists have created a transgenic trout with muscles your average body builder would die for. But this guy is more than just pretty - his creator says the buff fish could be big news for the commerical fish-farm industry. Julie Gordon reports. Reuters

Mar. 17 - Dirt is turned into tasty snacks of the soil in Indonesia's East Java province. Reuters

Mar 16 - A golden retriever swallows a $20,000 diamond - with the unlucky owner having to wait three days for the dog to "produce" the 3 carat stone. Reuters

Mar 15 - A Czech entrepreneur has opened a travel agency offering city breaks for cuddly toys. Reuters

Mar 15 - A Dutch artist has created a new sport combining the intellectual finesse of chess with a good old-fashioned punch up. Reuters

Mar 14. - One month after receiving gifts from women on Valentine's Day, Japanese men return the favour on White Day. Reuters

Mar. 13 - Archaeologists in Egypt have found what they believe are hieroglyphic funeral spells guiding a mysterious 4,000-year-old queen in the afterlife. Reuters

Mar 10 - New York chef makes cheese from his wife's breast milk. Sharon Reich reports. Reuters

Mar 10 - A New Zealand woman sells two "spirits in a bottle" amid a bidding frenzy in an online auction. Reuters

Mar 09 - Tultepec, a town near Mexico City, stages a spectacular fireworks display to honour the patron saint of pyrotechnicians, San Juan de Dios. tara Cleary reports. Reuters

Mar. 9 - A restaurant in Poland serves up a treat on Women's Day -- sushi served on a male model. Reuters

Mar. 8 - Alpine farmers bring in speed sheepshearing as a tourist draw. Reuters

Mar 8. - After a decade of experiment and trial, a Taiwanese potter develops a technique he says creates the world's finest porcelain. Reuters

Mar 5 - A glam granny is filling the dancefloors of some of the most prestigious clubs in France with her techno mash-ups. Reuters

March 4 - Nigerian Michael Chukwuma tows cars, lifts hundreds of pounds- all with his teeth. Manoush Zomorodi reports. Reuters

Mar 1 - 5200 naked people gather on the steps of Sydney's Opera House for an art installation by photographer Spencer Tunick. Reuters

Feb. 28 - A hungry panda helps himself to scraps of meat after breaking into a villager's pig pen in China in search of food. Reuters

Feb. 26 - Tired of bad relationships or even extra weight, Japanese are trying a divine remedy for what ails them -- flushing it away. Reuters

Feb 25 - Despite learning to ski just six years ago, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is determined to put his country on the map at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Julie Gordon reports. Reuters